Holothuria (Roweothuria) arguinensis Koehler & Vaney 1906

Autor: Mezali, Karim, Thandar, Ahmed S., Khodja, Ihcene
Rok vydání: 2021
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DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4897639
Popis: Holothuria (Roweothuria) arguinensis Koehler & Vaney, 1906 Figure 4B, Table 4 Material examined. CMNI 2021 – 0194, Salamandre, Algeria, 35°55.221’N, 0°03.470’E, 2 m, November 2014, 1 spec. LPVCMRMS2020.207, Ouillis, Algeria, 36°7.436’N, 0°15.219’E, 5 m, June 2020, 2 specs. Description. Semi-cylindrical body with dorsal surface (Figure 4 Ba) arched, dark brown in color; ventral surface (Figure 4 Bb) sole-like, light brown in color. Several large protuberances in two double rows on the dorsal surface; in addition, dorsal and ventral surfaces separated by several arched protuberances. Anus terminal. Mouth surrounded by 20 tentacles. Cuvierian tubules absent. Collar around mouth thick (about 4.60 mm). Calcareous ring with broad, squarish, radial plates with a shallow anterior notch, almost flat anterior portions and slightly concave posterior margin (Table 4). Ossicles. Body wall tables (Figure 4 Bc) sometimes with a rectangular disc, spire of straight to slightly arched pillars, parallel to each other. Buttons often shaped in the figure of “8” (Figure 4 Bd) with rough, irregular and prickly margins but with a smooth surface with unequally-sized perforations. Pedicels also with numerous elongated perforated plates (Figure 4 Be) and other rare enlarged plates. Rods of tentacles larger and more complex with an enlarged, branched and perforated middle region, arched (Figure 4 Bf) or straight (Figure 4 Bg).
Published as part of Mezali, Karim, Thandar, Ahmed S. & Khodja, Ihcene, 2021, On the taxonomic status of Holothuria (Holothuria) tubulosa (s. s.) from the Algerian coast with the description of a new Mediterranean species, Holothuria (Holothuria) algeriensis n. sp. (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Holothuriidae), pp. 89-106 in Zootaxa 4981 (1) on page 96, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/4897620
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